Letters to the Editor
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Australia's gun buyback ineffectiveFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Annie Iverson Gower ("It's time that we shout -- Enough," Feb 19) misrepresents Australia's experience with restrictive gun laws. An ever-increasing amount of peer-revie...
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Millions who are not ashamed of AmericaFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - In reply to Angela DiMaso's letter (Feb. 9) that she is ashamed to say that she comes from America when she travels, she is probably unaware that millions are waiting ye...
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Shootings prompt predictable debateFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - The reaction following tragedies like the one at NIU is predictable. Those who favor gun control argue tougher gun control laws would reduce the number of senseless shoo...
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Government has priorities wrongFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Having participated in a flag line with the Patriot Guard Riders at the funeral of an Arlington Heights boy who died in Iraq, I was rather upset that the Marine Corp. ha...
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American citizens getting squeezedFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - In regards to Ruben Navarrette's article(Feb. 6), "No entitlement to a bailout from a bad gamble on mortgages," how predictable it is that Ruben would get behind the pr...
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Traffic the result if mall is OK'dFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - I saw in the Feb. 14th Herald how Long Grove is pondering the Sunset Grove shopping mall at Aptakisic and Route 83. I hope this plan will be shelved until traffic in th...
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Imperative to hold the line on spendingFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - It is impossible to ignore the economic slowdown. At the national level, the candidates for president, leading economists and the media have all joined together in agree...
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We borrow from China for rebatesFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me see now, I am just a little slow about these things. I guess if we borrow $180 billion from China and then cut a $600 check for everybody to buy their vote, then ...
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Isolated by demand for special treatmentFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - "Illegals" is a word that describes people in this country illegally. It does not point out a specific race. But it is a strong coincidence that a certain group of peopl...
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Vote Bill Foster to help human needsFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Anyone who says there are no differences between political parties has not been listening to the subject matter of the primary candidates. The differences are dramatic, ...